RAID Management Features
The MegaRAID RAID management features include:
| Specification | Feature |
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| Support for SNMP | Yes |
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| Performance Monitor provided | Yes |
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| Remote control and monitoring | Yes |
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| Event broadcast and event alert | Yes |
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| Hardware connector | RS232C |
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| Drive roaming | Yes |
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| Support for concurrent multiple stripe | Yes |
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| Windows NT and NetWare server | Yes |
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| support via GUI client utility |
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| SCO Unix, OS/2, and UnixWare | Yes |
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| server support via GUI client utility |
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| DMI support | Yes |
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| Management through an industry- | Yes |
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| standard browser |
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Fault Tolerance Features
The MegaRAID fault tolerance features include:
| Specification | Feature |
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| Support for SMART | Yes |
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| optional battery backup for cache memory | Standard. Provided on the |
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| MegaRAID Controller. |
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| Up to 72 hours data retention |
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| Enclosure management |
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| Drive failure detection | Automatic |
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| Drive rebuild using hot spares | Automatic and transparent |
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| Parity Generation and checking | Software and hardware |
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Software Utilities
The MegaRAID software utility features include:
| Specification | Feature |
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| FlexRAID reconfiguration on the fly | Yes |
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| FlexRAID RAID level migration on the fly | Yes |
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| FlexRAID online capacity expansion | Yes |
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| Remote configuration and management over the Internet | Yes |
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| Graphical user interface | Yes |
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| Diagnostic utility | Yes |
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| Management utility | Yes |
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| Bootup configuration via MegaRAID Manager | Yes |
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| Online Read, Write, and cache policy switching | Yes |
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| Internet and intranet support through TCP/IP | Yes |
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